HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

i have an 1997 h22a4 and had a bad clutch slip due to a bad rear main seal any help would be appreciated

first i removed tranny had flywheel resurfaced and replaced rea main seal replaced clutch and put tranny back on an ran grat then 2 days later what do you know its leaking again so we take it back off and the seal is still leaking am i missing somthing? we instaled te seal correctly and the seal retainer isnt leaking but maybe there is a common or known problem any help would be very much apreciated what are the feeler gauge clearances for the seal to crankshaft. thanks

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

Are you sure it is the rear main again or maybe a tranny input shaft seal?

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

after I took it apart again I used the biggest feeler gauge I had (.027) between the seal and the crank, It went in and all around with no resistance, maybe I just got the wrong seal

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

ould have rolled the lip who knows OEM seal and you should be good. Good to hear.

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

after a while the rear main seals wear a groove into the crank, if you by chance lined up the lip on the new seal with that groove it will probably leak on ya

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

put a new seal in on mon. so far so good, thanks for the input, i think it was a defect

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

8 months and its leaking again

Re: HELP: rear main seal leaking again.........
 

better it was 8 months and not 2 days..